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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Too Much of Nothing</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Basement Tapes</a> (recorded during the summer of '67, released in 1975)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <hr />
  21
  22 <h2 class="songversion">Take #1 (<em>Basement Tapes</em> version)</h2>
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  24 <p>Capo 4th fret (sounding key B major)</p>
  25 <pre class="verse">
  26 G
  27
  28 D
  29 Too much of nothing
  30            C          G
  31 can make a man ill at ease.
  32 D
  33 One man's temper rises
  34               C                  G
  35 where another man's temper might freeze.
  36              D         Eb
  37 Now it's the day of confessions
  38        E               F
  39 and we cannot mock the soul.
  40                 F#          G
  41 Oh when there's too much of nothing
  42     G#          Asus4 A
  43 no one has control.
  44 </pre>
  45 <pre class="refrain">
  46 C
  47 Say hello to Valery,
  48 G
  49 say hello to Vivian.
  50 C
  51 Give her all my salary
  52        Bb     D    F C G
  53 on the waters of oblivion.
  54 </pre>
  55 <pre class="verse">
  56 Well too much of nothing
  57 can cause a man to weep.
  58 He can walk the streets and like most and boast,
  59 but would he like to keep?
  60 But it's all been done before,
  61 it's all been written in the book.
  62 And when there's too much of nothing
  63 nobody should look.
  64 </pre>
  65 <pre class="refrain">
  66 Say hello to Valery,
  67 say hello to Vivian.
  68 Give her all my salary
  69 on the waters of oblivion.
  70 </pre>
  71 <pre class="verse">
  72 Now too much of nothing
  73 can make a man a liar.
  74 It can cause some men to sleep on nails,
  75 it can cause others to eat fire.
  76 Everybody's doing something,
  77 I heard it in a dream.
  78 But when there's too much of nothing
  79 it just makes a fellow mean.
  80 </pre>
  81 <pre class="refrain">
  82 Say hello to Valery,
  83 say hello to Vivian.
  84 Give her all my salary
  85 on the waters of oblivion.
  86 </pre>
  87
  88 <hr />
  89
  90 <h2 class="songversion">Take #2</h2>
  91
  92 <p>Capo 4th fret (sounding key B major)</p>
  93
  94 <p>The Am in the second last line of the verse is what the guitar plays;
  95 the bass plays over a D chord. To get that sound, play D9/a (x00210).</p>
  96
  97 <pre class="verse">
  98 G  G-C/g-G (rep. ad lib)
  99
 100 G
 101 Too much of nothing
 102            C
 103 can make a man ill at ease.
 104     D
 105 One man's temper might rise
 106           C                        G         G-C/g-G
 107 where the other man's temper might freeze.
 108        G
 109 In the day of the confessions
 110    C
 111 we cannot mock the soul.
 112              Am
 113 Oh when there's too much of nothing
 114            G
 115 no one has control.
 116 </pre>
 117 <pre class="refrain">
 118 F            C
 119 Say hello to Valery,
 120 G
 121 say hello to Vivian.
 122 F               C
 123 Give her all my salary
 124        G
 125 on the waters of oblivion.
 126 </pre>
 127 <pre class="verse">
 128 Well too much of nothing
 129 can cause a man to weep.
 130 He can walk the streets and like most and boast,
 131 but would he like to keep?
 132 But it's all been done before,
 133 it's all been written in the book.
 134 And when there's too much of nothing
 135 nobody should look.
 136 </pre>
 137 <pre class="refrain">
 138 Say hello to Valery,
 139 say hello to Vivian.
 140 Give her all my salary
 141 on the waters of oblivion.
 142 </pre>
 143 <pre class="verse">
 144 Now too much of nothing
 145 can make a man a liar.
 146 It can cause some men to sleep on nails,
 147 it can cause others to eat fire.
 148 Everybody's doing something,
 149 I heard it in a dream.
 150 But when there's too much of nothing
 151 it just makes a fellow mean.
 152 </pre>
 153 <pre class="refrain">
 154 Say hello to Valery,
 155 say hello to Vivian.
 156 Give her all my salary
 157 on the waters of oblivion.
 158 </pre>
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